freshwater aquarium salt

[AC2020x]

Hey, I have a 29 gallon freshwater thank which has pretty good filtration and a good system set up,-- is it necessary for me to get freshwater aquarium salt? If so where is the cheapest place to get it?-- I pretty much only have pretty basic fish which are in a community tank.

Thanks a ton!!!

 

[Lupin]

No, salt is a waste of time and money. You can use table salt to treat ich but you don't have to use it right now.

 

[joestyx]

yeah....what Lupin said, non-iodized of course

 

[Lupin]

Whether it is iodized or non-iodized, neither is an issue.

 

[joestyx]

oh ok, i always thought iodine was harmful to fish

 

[stezatois]

I started out with the aquarium salts in my fishy 1st aid drawer, until i heard about the table salt too. Table salt cost me 35p for 1kg where aquarium salts cost me about 5 times that price for not even half as much lol. So now its a bag of table salt in the drawer just in case. as i only like to eat the sea salt, i had to get it in lol.

 

[Rbishop]

Another vote for you not needing the salt.

 

[KarlTh]

oh ok, i always thought iodine was harmful to fish

Popular myth on which the aqarium salt industry has traded for many a long year.

 

[DrNo]

Here's a big vote for no salt unless medicating for ich....

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169580

 

[jm1212]

the fish would die from the salinity of the water before the iodine in the salt would even start to effect them.